Flag of France

Flag France, Banner France
Aspect ratio:
2:3
Vexillological symbol:
National flag on land
Country:
France
Capital:
Paris
Size:
547.026 km²
Population:
60.424.213
Continent:
Europe
Languages:
French
Currency:
Euro (EUR)
accepted at:
04.03.1848

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Background knowledge

The flag of France shows the colors blue, white and red in a vertical arrangement. It is the first and most famous national flag in the world, served as a model for many flags in the world, and is known as "The Tricolor". The colors blue, white and red have their origin in the combination of the colors of Paris (blue and red) with the royal white of the Bourbons. They were officially introduced for the French cockade on 04.10.1789. The current arrangement and sequence of the colors of the flag was established only in 1794.

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Hymn

Composer: Claude-Joseph Rouget de L'isle (1760-1836) im Jahr 1792 Songwriter: Claude-Joseph Rouget de L'isle (1760-1836)
Songtext:

Marseillaise:

1st verse

Up, children of the fatherland!

The day of glory is here.

Against us tyranny

bloody banner raised. (twice)

Do you hear in the land

The roar of the cruel warriors?

They are closing in on us,

To behead your sons, your wives!

Refrain

To arms, citizens!

Close the ranks,

Forward, let's march!

The impure blood

water the furrows of our fields!

2nd verse

What does this horde of slaves want,

Of traitors, of conspiring kings?

For whom these mean fetters,

These long prepared irons? (twice)

Frenchmen, for us, ah! what ignominy,

What wrath this must provoke!

One dares to think of it,

To lead us into the old bondage!

Refrain

3rd verse

What! Foreign riffraff

would rule over our homes!

What! These mercenary hordes would

Our proud warriors down! (twice)

Great God! With chains on our hands

Our heads would bow to the yoke.

Vile despots would

Decide our fate!

Refrain

4th verse

Tremble, tyrants and you lowlifes

Shame of all parties,

Tremble! Your wicked plans

Will be paid back to you at last! (twice)

Everyone is a soldier to fight you,

When you fall, our young heroes,

The earth will beget new ones,

Who are ready to fight against you!

Refrain

5th verse

Frenchmen, you noble warriors,

Stagger your blows or withhold them!

Spare these sad victims,

Who reluctantly take up arms against us. (twice)

But these bloodthirsty despots,

But these accomplices of Bouillé,

All these tigers who mercilessly

Rend their mother's breast!

Refrain

6th verse

Holy love for the fatherland,

Guide, support our avenging arms.

Freedom, beloved freedom,

Fight with thy defenders! (twice)

So that victory under our flags

To the sounds of stout men's aid,

So that your dying enemies

See thy victory and our glory!

Refrain

7th verse

We will go on life's way,

When the elders will be no more,

We will find there their dust

And find their virtues trace. (twice)

Rather share their coffin

Than outlive them,

We will with lofty pride

Avenge them or follow them.

French flag color codes

Blau
HEX
#002654
RGB
0, 38, 84
CMYK
100, 80, 0, 0
RAL
5020
Pantone
Reflexblau
Weiß
HEX
#FFFFFF
RGB
255, 255, 255
CMYK
0, 0, 0, 0
RAL
9010
Pantone
Weiß
Rot
HEX
#ED2939
RGB
237, 41, 57
CMYK
0, 100, 100, 0
RAL
3024
Pantone
3024

That's what ChatGPT knows about the flag of France

This is what an AI says about the French flag
The flag of France, also known as the Tricolore, was first used in 1794. It is one of the oldest national flags in the world. The colors of the flag, blue, white and red, represent the ideals of the French Revolution, liberty, equality and fraternity.
This is what an AI knows about the history of the French flag
The French national flag, also known as the Tricolore, was first officially used in 1794. It consists of three stripes of equal size in the colors blue, white and red. The colors symbolize the ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity that characterize the French people. Today's flag is the result of a series of changes made over the years.
This is how an AI describes the French flag
The national flag of France consists of three equal vertical stripes in blue, white and red. The blue stripe is on the left side, followed by the white stripe in the middle and finally the red stripe on the right side. In the center of the white stripe is a light blue, six-pointed wheel. This symbol is called the "tri-color flag" and is a symbol of the French Republic.

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